posting poetic prose
12 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
in tan renga
“Tan renga” form: one poet writes haiku, second poet responds with two new lines…you can read more at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
melting into the sea
the full moon
leaves a candle bright
boat bobs gently on water
fisherman waiting nibble
image from pixabay
11 Oct 2017 4 Comments
in senryu Tags: babies, humans, naked, uber
all humans be born
naked, wet ‘n slippery;
(most die clothed & dry)
bare babies uber precious
do ya ever wonder why?
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt on “nakedness”
09 Oct 2017 13 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: courage, fear, hope, love
Keeping hope alive with dVerse Poets in a “quadrille” of exactly 44 words…
hope dangles around courage’s neck,
name etched on soldier’s dog tag.
image by lynn
hope throbs within young love’s heart,
hands held in first awkward clasp.
hope gazes into future’s eyes,
grandchildren carry family name.
hope laughs in fear’s masked face,
dove flies home after violent storm.
08 Oct 2017 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: amethyst, crow, grapes, leaf, October
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenge to distill longer poem into haiku…
slow down, October,
single leaf and crow wait for
ripe amethyst grapes
October poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963):
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
To-morrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call.
To-morrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow,
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know;
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away;
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.
(Source: http://www.poets.org)
08 Oct 2017 2 Comments
in couplet, rhyming verse Tags: coffee, colitis, decaffeinated, latte
cafe latte my habitual spree
until colitis decaffeinated me
latte art by jrobblee
Sammi’s tasty challenge to write couplet on favorite/least favorite food/drink
04 Oct 2017 24 Comments
in haibun Tags: apple, corn, crops, fall, frost, soybeans, winter
Haibun is a Japanese form of prose and poetry (haiku) together. I’m joining Victoria with dVerse Poets writing haibun about “first frost’s voice” (shimo no koe).
We actively anticipate the first frost of fall, working as a team ahead of the weather’s uncertain clock. The last tomatoes, some green ones, must be claimed off the vines and colorful peppers plucked from dying garden. This home-grown produce is chopped with harvested onions into tantalizing picante sauce to be admired in pint jars on shelf before smeared on tortilla chips.
Our prodigious pair of apple trees generously offer basketfuls of blushing fruit to family and friends willing to pick. The dropped or blemished fruit are treats rolled under fence to eager cows. Contentment wafts on spiced fragrance of apple-pie-in-a-jar syrup that simmers in large pot on basement stove. Steam from water bath canner spreads warm humidity indoors.
Fall rain dampens farmers’ spirits, swells soybeans in their pods, and muddies fields. “A killing frost is what we need” for corn stalks to die so matured ears plump with kernels can be harvested. The farmer checks weather forecast every night. At last, it steals in with the dawn, silently smothering the grass and finishing off the last droopy flowers.
icing on orchard
may ruin or ripen crops
winter’s first whisper
photo by lynn
01 Oct 2017 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: aurora borealis, drum, light, snow, thunder
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai today.
thunder snow, light show
aurora borealis
celestial drum set
image: free wallpaper download
See USA Today video of northern lights from the international space station.
30 Sep 2017 1 Comment
in senryu Tags: apartment, earthquake, Mexico City, ruins
Elsie at Ramblings challenges us to write senryu with: earthquake & ruins
earth quakes beneath feet
apartment wall splits open
huddle in ruins
26 Sep 2017 12 Comments
in tanka Tags: church, history, Reformation, revival, saints
Joining with tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer, include: history, surrounded.
Of course, Christ’s true church is neither a building nor a denomination but the history of the Wittenberg church is interesting:
All Saints’ Church, commonly referred to as Schlosskirche (Castle Church) and sometimes known as the Reformation Memorial Church, is a Lutheran church in Wittenberg, Germany.
The main portal was often used by the university staff to pin up messages and notices. On 31 October 1517, the eve of All Saints’ Day, Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the doors of All Saints’ Church. This act, meant to promote a disputation on the sale of indulgences, is commonly viewed to be a catalyst for the Protestant Reformation…
The church became the burial site of Frederick the Wise (1525), Martin Luther himself in 1546, and of Philipp Melanchthon (1560).
During the Seven Years’ War the Wittenberg fortress was occupied by the Prussian Army and shelled by Imperial forces. In 1760, the Castle Church was destroyed by a fire resulting from the bombardment. The blaze left only half of the foundation standing, and none of the wooden portals survived but All Saints’ was soon rebuilt…
After Wittenberg was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Saxony, King Frederick William IV, in 1858, ordered commemorative bronze doors to be mounted onto the jambs where the original wooden ones had hung. On the doors the Theses are inscribed in their original Latin.
On the occasion of the fourth centenary of Luther’s birth in 1883, an extensive restoration of All Saints’ in a Neo-Gothic style was begun. (source: Wikipedia)
